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• Baldur's Gate remade in 3D as a free Neverwinter Nights 2 mod

• TheBrow 06/06/2013

  Wow, this really does look great. Having said that, the last thing I need is another version of BG, but I'll have to give this a look, right? Be rude not to... Reply 0

• Grid 2 review

• TheBrow 28/05/2013

  I like a good racer, and Codies have served me well in the past, but I'm not too excited by this. The lack of cockpit view is a serious setback for me (but not a complete deal-breaker) and I'm just not getting the sense that its doing enough to compensate for this omission. I'll have to check more reviews and maybe some gameplay videos, but it'll have a job on its hands now to wind my heart and mind.
  
  Also, thumbs up for the Ferarri Challenge references. Not a Great game per se, but one I've always enjoyed greatly! Reply +1

• Gran Turismo 5 retrospective

• TheBrow 12/05/2013

  Nice article which does a nice job of capturing the appeal of this game. Its been astonishingly well supported with the online content too. Reply +4

• Codies talks multiplayer, next gen and, yes, camera angles for Grid 2

• TheBrow 11/04/2013

  Hmmm... still in two minds about this one. Seems like a mix of ideas that I will really like and some I won't. Quite literally a curate's egg of a game then *cough*
  
  I'll be keeping an eye on reviews and community feedback on release then. Reply +1

• KOTOR2 dev Obsidian "sad" about LucasArts, "would love to" pitch a Star Wars game

• TheBrow 10/04/2013

  Two Obsidian stories on the front page, conjuring up images of the classic old-school isometric games and also KOTOR2. This makes me happy.
  
  KOTOR3... I would love to see a KOTOR3. Reply 0

• Will you waterfall for Obsidian's first Project Eternity video?

• TheBrow 10/04/2013

  Oh my goodness! Reply 0

• Annualised Assassin's, next-gen and ploughing fields: the boss of Ubisoft Montreal

• TheBrow 29/03/2013

  I've enjoyed these games but not enough to play one every year. I got as far as Brotherhood, which I finished well after Revalations came out. Now I'm well behind the curve and am unwilling to put the time into playing through the AC backlog.
  
  This is also making me less willing to buy one of the new games, to jump ahead if you will, as I feel I might be missing out on certain aspects or references to previous games. The manner of the annualised releases also leave me thinking that there is no end in sight to this series. I know that the play's the thing and its not the destination but the journey, but at the same time I would rather have a discrete but complete storey which takes place over not too many games. Still, if you really love this sort of thing I guess more is more.
  
  I might get back on board with this series as and when it approches its end, or if a future release sounds particularly good to me, but I'm just not sure about that right now. Reply +4

• Mass Effect 3: Citadel review

• TheBrow 06/03/2013

  Sounds good. I'm sorry if this has been made clear elsewhere, but I haven't picked it up if it has - can anyone clarify WHEN in the game this is supposed to kick in? Does it start on completion of the ME3 campaign or does it run in parallel with it? Reply +1

• Mass Effect 3 free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in March

• TheBrow 22/02/2013

  Cripes, quite the update, thanks PS+!
  How am I ever going to get all these games played though!? Reply +2

• Current-gen PSN games won't transfer to PS4

• TheBrow 21/02/2013

  Ah well, and me with a backlog of games to play as long as my arm...
  
  This does rather put the kibosh on any thoughts I had on being an early adaptor. Reply +16

• SoulCalibur 5 sales aren't as strong as SoulCalibur 4's

• TheBrow 07/02/2013

  Wasn't there talk at one stage of releasing the earlier, previous generation Soul Caliburs as downloadable HD remakes? Because, you know, that would be good. Reply 0

• Omerta: City of Gangsters review

• TheBrow 03/02/2013

  I'm actually quite enjoying it. Sure it holds up badly when compared with XCom, and perhaps part of my enjoyment is down to lowered expectations - I pre-ordered it, but didnt get around to playing until I read this review. So you can imagine the fevered anticapation as I loaded it up...
  
  Yes there are bad stereotypes in there. Not only that, but the voice acting is bad too - the Drunken Irishman gang member has one of those 'stage Irish' accents that lurches madly all over the place for example. The fact that the main protagonist is supposed to be fresh off the boat from Italy and has a strong New York Mobster accent is also jarring at first.
  
  The micromanagement is probably limited - I don't play Tropico or Sim City for example though so I can't say what's lacking. The combat is fun though in my opinion. It feels quite intuitive, and the fog of war effect works well. Like any % based hit system I find myself cursing it when I miss what should have been a certain shot ("I missed two 80% certain hits in a row, what are the odds right?") but that's a natural perception bias. The combat locations look nicely detailed as well. The cover system needs work though, Unlike XCom I can't look at a room and just know where the cover will be, I have to click on the location first to ensure that a particular object will provide cover or is just stage dressing. Perhaps I will understand this better with more play.
  
  I've not gone far enough to really make judge the variety of missions and play styles available. So far the perks I've had to choose from have looked good, and I do notice their effects in combat. I do need to play more and get more characters recruited though before I can make any statements in that regard though.
  
  So its not great, but I do find it a lot of fun despite that, so far at least. I think that's the secret then: check out some of the videos on Youtube to see how it plays and if this looks like the type of game you'll like then get it (or wait for a GOG / Steam sale maybe). DO NOT, on any account, play lots of XCom beforehand. Instead, you should then read this review once more and then regret your choice as you've clearly bought a dud. Then play it. Reply +5

• Alpha Protocol retrospective

• TheBrow 06/01/2013

  Nice article. This was the ultimate flawed gem and in my mind the good strongly outweighed the bad. I started a second replay a while back and its panning out quite differently to my first playthrough, which is great for replayability. Reply +8

• Eurogamer's Game of the Year 2012

• TheBrow 30/12/2012

  Its the GOTY article so I feel I should join in, not to discuss Fez (which I've not played) but more to talk about the EG articles as a whole. I have no complaints about the games that made it - that is to say I've not played most of them, but those i have played I've enjoyed greatly. (And the fact that there are so many I've not played is a good thing; I've just bought FTL in the recent Good Old Games sale so I'm looking forward to that)
  
  One complaint I would have('complaint' is too strong a word here, perhaps 'observation' would be better) is the lack of love for the sprawling action/rpgs of Amalur and Dragon's Dogma. Okay, Amular probably doesn't do enough to distinguish itself - its big, sprawling and great fun to play, but doesn't have that certain je ne sais quoi, as the French might put it. The Dogma though had all that plus it pushed an envelope or two as well.
  
  Anyway, its all subjective really (at the end of the day) and 2012 has been pretty good really on the gaming front. Reply +5

• Valkyria Chronicles retrospective

• TheBrow 16/12/2012

  I'm not a fan of the anime-style games normally but I ended up getting this one due to good reviews and word of mouth. Something of a gamble then, I thought, but it turns out to be one of my all-time favourite games. This article captures the slightly bonkers but utterly charming magic that is Valkyria Chronicles quite nicely. Reply +3

• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen to feature Japanese VO option

• TheBrow 10/12/2012

  The waters of this marsh are suffused with fetor. Reply +3

• Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2012 voting

• TheBrow 06/12/2012

  Its been a good year for gaming hasn't it?
  
  1. XCOM
  2. Dragon's Dogma
  3. Journey
  4. Kingdoms of Amalur
  5. Mass Effect 3 Reply 0

• Chris Avellone blesses inXile's Planescape: Torment successor

• TheBrow 03/12/2012

  What's all this then, two industry veterans and former colleagues, now working on separate projects but carrying on in an entirely friendly and amicable fashion? I'm more pleased to read that than I should be really - hopefully both projects will be succesful. Reply +1

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition review

• TheBrow 03/12/2012

  I'm quite interested in this. I got the original from GOG some time back and used some mods to patch it up, but I always found that the game would slow down a lot for me (Windows Vista). I tried various fixes but I could never quite get it to work right, especially when the spells start flying.
  
  Can anyone confirm how well this plays (or not) on newer systems (Vista particularly)? Reply 0

• Michael Jackson tune trouble halts GTA: Vice City PC sales

• TheBrow 19/11/2012

  @joedix88 "Why???"
  
  Why? Tell them that it's human nature... Reply 0

• Some Xbox 360 copies of Lego The Lord of The Rings contain only the demo disc

• TheBrow 14/11/2012

  Fool of a Took! Reply +3

• Mass Effect 4 will use DICE's Battlefield 3 engine

• TheBrow 12/11/2012

  This is going to be the shootingist RPG ever, isn't it...? Reply +9

• Natural Selection 2 earns $1 million in its first week

• TheBrow 10/11/2012

  "Honk Kong"? Reply +10

• Ever wondered what the author of The Witcher books thinks about the games?

• TheBrow 07/11/2012

  Fair enough; he created the characters so he can be a bit precious about it if he likes. Given that he's not into games in the first place, its just as well that CDProjekt are left to their own devices here. Reply +7

• Okami HD review

• TheBrow 31/10/2012

  I have about an hour of this played and it is rather lovely isn't it? I'm struggling with the jibberish talking sounds that accompany the text but in every other respect I'm finding it to be really enjoyable so far. Reply 0